Justin Bronder
Principal Software Engineer at Symbotic
Littleton, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Bronder is a Principal Software Engineer with 18 years of experience building safety-critical and embedded Linux systems, from device drivers and Yocto-based platforms to distributed services and web UIs. He led architecture and CI for Veo Robotics’ ISO 13849-certified FreeMove product, authored core platform services and a custom FPGA driver, and now develops QNX-based safety products at Symbotic. A longtime open-source contributor and Gentoo developer, he has deep expertise in build systems (OpenEmbedded/Yocto, Gentoo overlays) and HPC packaging that informs robust release and automation practices. He combines hands-on implementation in C/C++ and Python with systems thinking—designing protocols, whitebox integration tests, and containerized dev environments—to ship auditable, maintainable software. Based in Littleton, MA, he favors remote work or short commutes and is known for mentoring engineers and enforcing disciplined engineering processes that enabled certification in modern toolchains.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mathematics, B.S., Mathematics at University of Maine
English
Github Skills (28)
unit-testing10
zeromq10
package-management10
python10
bitbake10
ebuild10
testing10
gentoo10
configuration-management10
mpi10
process-management10
build-system10
message-passing10
yocto-project10
unit-test10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gentoo/sci
Jan 2009 - Aug 2019
[MIRROR] Gentoo Science Overlay
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:152 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 10 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the Gentoo Science Overlay, focusing on fixing bugs, adapting to library changes, and improving package configurations. They addressed issues related to the MPI implementation, specifically MPICH2, fixing pkgconfig files, and correcting build dependencies. Additionally, the user modified the `mpi.eclass` to include additional features like requiring common use flags, and handling of different EAPIs.
ebuildgentooscienceoverlay
openembedded/openembedded-core
Feb 2018 - Apr 2022
The official Git repository is at https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:9 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Justin's contributions primarily focus on build system and configuration management within the OpenEmbedded environment. They have made changes to handle dependencies, such as pkgconfig, for building and packaging applications. Their work also includes modifications to the build system to accommodate configurations with BBMULTICONFIG, and conditional dependencies related to pulseaudio, enhancing the flexibility and correctness of the build process. The user also contributes to the build system by modifying SDK generation.
git-repositoryopenembedded
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